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Freydal Tournament Book
The ''Freydal'' tournament book is an early 16th century illuminated manuscript held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna containing 255 Miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniature paintings depicting scenes from a series of imaginary late medieval Tournament (medieval), jousting tournaments. It was created by the court painters of the Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I with the intention that the miniatures would be used to illustrate one of the Emperor's Cultural depictions of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor#Gedechtnus, "memorial" projects, a prose narrative to be called ''Freydal''. The latter work was never completed in the form Maximilian intended, but the tournament book is one of three surviving elements of the project. The other two are a draft text of the narrative and over 200 drawings created as planning sketches for the miniatures in the tournament book. The miniatures depict Maximilian, in the guise of the story's eponymous her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freydal KK5073
''Freydal'' is an uncompleted illustrated prose narrative commissioned by the Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in the early 16th century. It was intended to be a romantic allegorical account of Maximilian's own participation in a series of Tournament (medieval), jousting tournaments in the guise of the tale's eponymous hero, Freydal. In the story, Freydal takes part in the tournaments to prove that he is worthy to marry a princess, who is a fictionalised representation of Maximilian's late wife, Mary of Burgundy. The text was never completed, although a manuscript draft is held by the Austrian National Library. Over 200 high quality drawings were created to be used as planning sketches, 203 of which are held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with a small number of others preserved in the British Museum and the Vatican Library. Based on these drawings, 256 Miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniature paintings were created by cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg
Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well preserved Altstadt (historical city centre). Augsburg is an Urban districts of Germany, urban district and home to the institutions of the Augsburg (district), Landkreis Augsburg. It is the List of cities in Bavaria by population, third-largest city in Bavaria (after Munich and Nuremberg), with a population of 304,000 and 885,000 in its metropolitan area. After Neuss, Trier, Worms, Germany, Worms, Cologne and Xanten, Augsburg is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded in 15 BC by the Romans as Augsburg#Early history, Augusta Vindelicorum and named after the Roman emperor Augustus. It was a Free Imperial City from 1276 to 1803 and the home of the patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician Fugger and Welser families that dominated European ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevors
A bevor ( ) or beaver is a piece of plate armour designed to protect the neck, much like a gorget. Etymology The word “bevor” or “beaver” is derived from Old French ''baver'', meaning ‘to dribble’. This is a reference to the effect on the wearer of the armour during battle. Description The bevor was Components of medieval armour">a component of a medieval suit of armour. It was usually a single piece of plate armour protecting the chin and throat and filling the gap between the helmet and breastplate. The bevor could also extend over the knight’s left shoulder doubling the thickness of the armour. The bevor was originally worn in conjunction with a type of helmet known as a sallet. With the close helm and burgonet, developments of the sallet in the late medieval and Renaissance period, the bevor became a hinged plate protecting the lower face and throat. In the 16th century, the bevor developed into the falling buffe. This was a composite piece made up of severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freydal Fol
''Freydal'' is an uncompleted illustrated prose narrative commissioned by the Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in the early 16th century. It was intended to be a romantic allegorical account of Maximilian's own participation in a series of Tournament (medieval), jousting tournaments in the guise of the tale's eponymous hero, Freydal. In the story, Freydal takes part in the tournaments to prove that he is worthy to marry a princess, who is a fictionalised representation of Maximilian's late wife, Mary of Burgundy. The text was never completed, although a manuscript draft is held by the Austrian National Library. Over 200 high quality drawings were created to be used as planning sketches, 203 of which are held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with a small number of others preserved in the British Museum and the Vatican Library. Based on these drawings, 256 Miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniature paintings were created by cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castel Ivano
Castel Ivano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It was formed on 1 January 2016 as the merger of the previous communes of Strigno, Spera and Villa Agnedo. In July 2016 it also absorbed the commune of Ivano-Fracena. It is located in Valsugana, midway between Borgo Valsugana and the boundary with Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t .... Sights include the eponymous "Castel Ivano", a medieval fortress originally located in the ''frazione'' of Ivano-Fracena References External links Official website Cities and towns in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol {{TrentinoAltoAdige-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Von Yfan
Antonio de Caldonazzo (died ), Baron of Castel Ivano, Ivano, also known as Anton von Yfan, was a nobleman from the northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, South Tyrol. He was a favourite of the Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I and a noted participant in jousts at Tournament (medieval), tournaments. He appears prominently, in a jousting context, in two works of art commissioned by Maximilian: the monumental woodcut, the ''Triumphal Procession'', and in some of the miniature paintings of the Freydal tournament book, ''Freydal'' tournament book. Name Antonio de Caldonazzo (also spelt Caldonazo) is referred to in German sources as Anton von Yfan. ''Yfan'' is derived from his title, Baron or Lord of Castel Ivano, Ivano in Trentino. Biography Caldonazzo was the son of Giacomo (or Jacobus) de Caldonazzo, Baron of Ivano, and Laura della Volpe de Vicenza. The Caldonazzo family were long-established as part of the nobility of the Trenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
